A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.

A photographer on a trip to Japan meets a fellow American woman and they quickly fall in love. Howev...

An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle ...

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

One rainy night in the Edo period, Kotono (a geisha) confronts samurais who killed her father. The s...

After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new l...

Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a trai...

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away f...

Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exi...

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they und...

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything ...

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...

Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens,...

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local...

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu...

Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estrang...

Amagi Goe, based on Seicho Matsumoto's novel, has created numerous stars through its visualizations....

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction...

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t...